Famous quotes containing the words rights and/or activist:
“Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.”
—Victor Hugo (18021885)
“I dont have any doubts that there will be a place for progressive white people in this country in the future. I think the paranoia common among white people is very unfounded. I have always organized my life so that I could focus on political work. Thats all I want to do, and thats all that makes me happy.”
—Hettie V., South African white anti-apartheid activist and feminist. As quoted in Lives of Courage, ch. 21, by Diana E. H. Russell (1989)